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Monkton  gives pipeline  execs loads  of  grief Vt.  Gas  promises  change By  XIAN  CHIANG-ÂWAREN 021.721 ² &DUV ÂżOOHG WKH SDUNLQJ ORW RI the  Monkton  Firehouse  and  lined  the  shoulder  of  States  Prison  Hollow  Road  for  some  distance  in  either  direction  last  Thursday  evening.  Inside,  the  EXLOGLQJ ZDV ÂżOOHG WR FDSDFLW\ ZLWK FLWL]HQV UHDG\ to  give  senior  management  from  Vermont  Gas  Sys- tems  a  piece  of  their  mind  about  the  South  “You had sur%XUOLQJWRQ FRPSDQ\ÂśV veyors on my proposed  route  for  a  property for days natural  gas  pipeline. without permis“Town  leaders  should  have  a  refer- sion. How does endum  on  whether  that happen?â€? — a Monkton (the  pipeline)  should  resident to VGS be  here  at  all,â€?  said  Monkton  resident  President Kevin  Corrigan,  to  Don Gilbert loud  applause  from  the  audience.  “Let’s  WDNH IRXU RU ÂżYH VWHSV EDFN ´ 9*6 ODWH ODVW PRQWK ÂżOHG DQ DSSOLFDWLRQ ZLWK WKH 9HUPRQW 3XEOLF 6HUYLFH %RDUG WR H[WHQG LQWR Addison  County  a  pipeline  that  currently  moves  natural  gas  from  Canada  into  Chittenden  County.  The  proposed  extension  would  travel  down  Pond  Street  and  Monkton  Road  in  Monkton  and  deliver  the  relatively  less  expensive  fuel  to  Middlebury  and  Vergennes. 9*6 RIÂżFLDOV VD\ WKH SLSHOLQH ZDV RULJLQDOO\ (See  Monkton,  Page  34)
City jumps on solar deal; Ferrisburgh still investigating
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By  ANDY  KIRKALDY VERGENNES  —  While  Ferrisburgh  continues  with  a  cautious  approach  to  a  solar  array  on  town  property  that  some  estimate  could  net  the  town  a  half-Âmillion  dollars  over  the  next  two  decades,  the  city  of  Vergennes  has  jumped  in  and  put  making  a  similar  deal  on  the  fast  track. City  Manager  Mel  Hawley  said  after  he  read  a  recent  Addison  Independent  article  about  Encore  Redevelopment’s  offer  to  lease  3.5  acres  of  Ferris- burgh  land  for  a  solar  farm  —  and  then  let  the  town  UHDS WKH EHQHÂżW RI ORZ FRVW SRZHU IRU \HDUV ² KH FDOOHG WKH ÂżYH \HDU ROG %XUOLQJWRQ ÂżUP WKH QH[W day. Hawley  then  met  on  this  past  Wednesday  to  dis- cuss  the  proposal  with  Encore  representatives,  Ad- dison  Northwest  Supervisory  Union  business  man- ager  Kathy  Cannon,  and  two  Ferrisburgh  residents  who  have  worked  to  bring  Encore  to  that  town  —  )HUULVEXUJK HQHUJ\ FRPPLWWHH KHDG %RE 0F1DU\ and  real  estate  broker  Carl  Cole.  Hawley  also  informed  Vergennes  aldermen  last  (See  Vergennes  solar,  Page  35)
BEN  MEADER  OF  Middlebury  plays  a  game  of  Pitch- nut  set  up  on  his  dining  room  table.  Meader  has  been  playing  and  researching  Pitchnut  and  Crokinole,  both  traditional  Canadian  board  games,  for  several  years  and  LV RUJDQL]LQJ $GGLVRQ &RXQW\œV ¿UVW HYHU &URNL 1XW 'D\ at  Lincoln  Peak  Vineyard  on  Jan.  19. Independent  photos/Trent  Campbell
Unusual games make headway County plays host to its first â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Croki-Nutâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; competition 0,''/(%85< ² ,Q WKH FROG GHSWKV RI ZLQ- ter,  people  have  long  turned  to  indoor  pastimes.  Recently,  two  traditional  Canadian  games  have  made  a  steady  rise  in  popularity  on  this  side  of  the  northern  border,  right  here  in  Vermont  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  say  hello  to  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Crokinoleâ&#x20AC;?  and  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pitchnut.â&#x20AC;? %RWK DUH WDEOHWRS ZRRGHQ ERDUG JDPHV WKDW UH- VHPEOH VRPHWKLQJ EHWZHHQ SRRO DQG VKXIĂ&#x20AC;HERDUG
In  Crokinole,  players  shoot  wooden  coins  to  a  cen- tral  hole  guarded  by  a  ring  of  pegs,  and  game-Âplay  is  similar  to  bocce.  Pitchnut  more  closely  resem- bles  billiards,  in  which  coins  must  be  sunk  in  any  of  four  corner  pockets.  In  Ontario  each  June,  the  World  Championship  of  Crokinole  is  taken  quite  seriously.  Some  believe  (See  Board  games,  Page  28)